Five girls return to their hometown after their freshman year of college to throw a wedding for 18-year-old Lee, and find that their relationships with romantic flings and controlling parents haven’t changed all that much. Jean, Lee’s bohemian maid of honor, can’t believe that her best friend, a UN-bound high school valedictorian with world-changing aspirations, is now a willing a teenage bride. Lee’s enthusiasm and Jean’s misgivings about the fast-approaching nuptials test the limits of their friendship as the two stumble towards adulthood.

“Ripe is the first film and creative lovechild of longtime best friends Karin Lee and Lauren Fitzgerald. Together, they wrote, produced, and starred in a story inspired by their experiences growing up in a small farm town in California’s Central Valley, exploring the pressure women face during the transition from childhood to young adulthood. Finding a balance between love, school, and, eventually, a career is tough—especially when your friends and family have their own opinions of what you should do.” — Laura Somers